Tag Archives: Virgin Oak
Benromach Contrasts, 10yo Air Dried vs 10yo Kiln Dried, 46%
Benromach tries to highlight some aspects of whisky making with their Contrasts series. In the past there have been variants between peated and unpeated malt, organic and non-organic barleys, and different strains of barley. Now, they wanted to highlight the … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Dried Casks, Benromach, Contrasts, Forres, Kiln Dried Casks, Speyside, Virgin Oak
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1770 Glasgow Single Malt, Bottled in 2020, Virgin Oak, Triple Distilled
Another bottle that came to an end over the last couple of weeks, that was bought during Covid for a tasting. This new distillery, of which Tom wrote a more extensive piece, has been around for a couple of years … Continue reading
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Tagged 1770 Glasgow, Glasgow, Lowlands, Triple Distilled, Virgin Oak
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Oban 12, Freshly-charred American Oak Casks, 56.2% – Diageo Special Releases 2021
One of the prettier distilleries, in the very lovely town of the same name, is part of Diageo, and part of a lot of the special releases. This one was released in 2021 and matured in freshly charred oak casks. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourbon Cask, Classic Malts, Diageo, Highlands, Oban, Special Releases, Virgin Oak
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Caol Ila 15, Feis Ile 2022, Refill and Virgin American Oak, 55.2%
Even though I have a sample of this lined up somewhere, Tom van Engelen beat me to it by writing this tasting notes, and sending them to me for publication. Freak out with Caol Ila Sawdust The Festival of Malt … Continue reading
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Tagged Caol Ila, Feis Ile, Guest Post, Islay, Tom van Engelen, Virgin Oak
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Glen Moray Distillery, and their tasting kit
Last October I was staying in Speyside with my family. And even though my kids are 6, 4 and 1 years old, I found I had the moral and educational obligation to show them a whisky distillery. The closest one … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, 2008, cider cask, Distillery Only, Distillery tour, Elgin, Glen Moray, Sherry Cask, Speyside, Virgin Oak
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Tomatin 9yo, 2006-2015, Virgin Oak, 60% – Handbottled at the Distillery
When I visited Tomatin in a snowy November last year, with some mates, we had a great tour and did an extensive tasting of all Handfills available at the moment. This is a good thing because the things aren’t cheap … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006, Distillery Only, Handfilled, Highlands, Tomatin, Virgin Oak
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The annual ‘Islay’ tasting at De Whiskykoning
Every year for quite a while I’ve been going to De Whiskykoning‘s ‘winter tasting’, which consists of only peaty drams. Mostly, that boils down to six whiskies from Islay. Sometimes there’s another one in the tasting from Jura or another … Continue reading
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Tagged Ardbeg, Bourbon Cask, Bowmore, De Whiskykoning, Den Bosch, Feis Ile, Islay, Islay Festival, Kilchoman, NAS, Perpetuum, Virgin Oak
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BenRiach 1989-2011, 20 years old, Virgin Oak Finish, 50.6%
My whisky buddy Martin was kind enough to give me a sample of this when I was at his place on Friday (see this post). We had a way too large whisky menu to go through on a single evening, … Continue reading
BenRiach 2005-2014, 9yo, Peated, Virgin Oak finish, 58.7%
My father in law has a developed a taste for Virgin Oak matured (or finished) whiskies. Over the years he’s gathered a few here and there with the idea of hosting a tasting for us at some point. That hasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, BenRiach, Cask Strength, Peated, Single Cask, Speyside, Virgin Oak
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Glenmorangie Ealanta, 46%, 19 year old Virgin Oak, Private Release
Every time Glenmorangie release a new Private Release the internet buzzes with reviews of it, and generally the bottling sells out really quickly. So far the only ones that didn’t sell out fast were the Sonnalta and the Finealta. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Ealanta, Glenmorangie, Highlands, Private Release, Tain, Virgin Oak
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Malt Fascination 